74-Year-Old New Jersey Man Dies After Tree Falls On Home

HOPATCONG, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Strong winds proved fatal for a man in Sussex County, N.J. Thursday after a tree came down on his home, killing him.

As CBS 2’s John Slattery reported, when police arrived at the home on Maxim Drive in Hopatcong, they found 74-year-old Frederick Dalton dead in an upstairs living room. The tree and part of the roof were on top of him, police said.

Dalton was in ill-health and was sitting in a living room chair when the 80-foot tree split the home in half, Slattery reported.